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My brother, the tattoo artist, scoffs at the idea of barcodes, “That’s so lame. Everyone does that. If you’re going to get something make it original to you.” The other retorts, “Because I feel like it. Because to corporate America, I am like that can of food with bars. I hate that and they never fail to remind me at work. I am a human being. I do not need to be treated like a piece of replaceable, perishable, abstract anything. I got feelings!” I wonder walking by the conversation, “Yeah, but then how many other people will understand original?”